Notetakers – Trainings on Becoming and Being a Notetaker

You only need to complete the notetaker application once. If you applied to be a notetaker for a previous semester you do not need to apply again, you will need to request notetaking assignments, see step by step instructions below. If you are already affiliated with the McBurney Center and have never applied to be a notetaker, please email the Peer Notetaking Coordinator to have a notetaker profile created.

1. Click on McBurney Connect, which is located on the upper left corner of any page of the McBurney Disability Resource Center website.
2. Click on the Sign Up as a Notetaker button.
3. Log in with your UW NetID
4. Complete the online application.

NOTE: McBurney Center will contact you through your WISC email if you are assigned to be a notetaker for one of your classes. If you have any questions, email the Peer Notetaking Coordinator.

Your class schedule will not be available in McBurney Connect for 48 hours after you complete the Notetaker Application or 48 hours after you register for classes in subsequent semesters.

1. On the click on McBurney Connect, which is located on the upper left corner of the McBurney Center website.
2. Scroll down to and click on Student & Notetaker Login button.
3. Log in with your UW NetID.
4. Select the Notetaker Icon (image of paper and pen) on the top left side of the page.
5. Click on Previous Term or Next Term to move to the correct semester.
6. Check the boxes for the sections for which you are requesting a Notetaking Assignment.
7. Click ADD COURSES.
8. Check the box next to the course you are requesting a notetaking assignment
9. Select your preferred Compensation Type from the dropdown menu.
10. Read the VERIFY AND AGREEMENT STATEMENT carefully.
11. Select your residency status
12. Type your name, exactly as displayed above.
13. Click SUBMIT YOUR REQUEST.
14. Toward the top of your screen will see the message SUCCESS! YOUR ACTION HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
15. We will email you if you are assigned as a notetaker.
16. If you would like to change your type of reimbursement.
    1. Click Change, next to your compensation type you want to chance.
    2. Select your preferred Compensation Type from the dropdown menu.
    3. Click UPDATED COMPENSATION TYPE.

Once you are assigned as a notetaker, you will receive an email for each class, asking you to confirm your assignment and complete the required notetaker employment survey. Your assignment will be cancelled unless you confirm your assignment within 48 hours.

To confirm your notetaking assignment.

1. On the email you receive, click on “I agree to take notes in this class and I am still enrolled in this class.”
2. A McBurney Connect window will open to the Assignment Confirmation page.
3. The message Your assignment is now confirmed will be displayed.
4. After confirming your assignment, go back to the email you receive, click on Required Notetaker Employment Survey, and complete the survey.

You can verify your assignment status by logging into McBurney Connect and navigating to Notetaker Overview by clicking on the Notetaker icon.

1. Log in to McBurney Connect with your UW NetID.
2. Select the Notetaker Icon on the top left side.
3. Under ASSIGNMENTS, select Upload and View Notes. NOTE: The maximum allowable file size is 20 MB.
4. Under the heading FILE INFORMATION,
   1. Select the class for which you are uploading notes from the drop-down menu.
   2. Select the week of the term and the day of the lecture for which the notes have been taken.
   3. Click on “Choose File” and then locate the notes on your device.
5. Verify that all of the information you provided, including the file, is correct.
6. Click Upload File.

You can verify that notes were successfully uploaded if the message “SUCCESS! YOUR ACTION HAS BEEN COMPLETED” is displayed.

If you drop a class or are no longer able to provide copies of your notes for a course you need to cancel your assignment.

If you have not confirmed a notetaking assignment for this course:

The system will cancel your assignment. If you cancel by mistake, please email the Notetaking Coordinator as soon as possible.

1. Log in to McBurney Connect with your UW NetID.
2. Select the Notetaker Icon on the top left side.
3. Scroll down to your list of notetaking assignments.
   1. Locate the class and under the Status column, click Cancel for that corresponding course.

If you already confirmed a notetaking assignment for this course:

1. Email the Peer Notetaking Coordinator to let them know you are no longer to be a notetaker a course your were assigned.

All notetakers will need to verify their assignments in McBurney Connect near the end of each semester.

Assignment verification become available the last two weeks of the semester.

If your assignment gets cancelled in the middle of semester, you will still get paid, but there is no need to verify the assignment.

1. Log in to McBurney Connect with your UW NetID.
2. Select the Notetaker Icon on the top left side.
3. Under the heading SUBMIT YOUR ASSIGNMENT VERIFICATION
   1. Read the AGREEMENT STATEMENT tile.
   2. In the ASSIGNMENT DETAIL tile,
      1. Check the box next to the class you want to verify you provided notes. Note: You can verify multiple classes at once.
      2. Type your address information.
      3. Type your name in the E-Signature, exactly as displayed above.
   3. Click SUBMIT ASSIGNMENT VERIFICATION under the statement, “I verify that I have fulfilled my notetaking responsibilities.”
4. A copy of the signed invoice will be emailed to your WISC email.